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May 27, 2010

It's a well-known fact that I love me a good pair of handknitted socks. The process, the product, the yarns, needles and teeny tiny stitches make my heart sing. A sock is the best portable, take-anywhere project there is. I tend to bang off socks quickly, between other projects, usually keeping one or more pairs on the needles at any given time. You never know when you may need to pull out a little project.

Like on a trip to Mexico, especially when one has to be at the airport three hours early to catch a charter.

May 26, 2010

In my world, there appears to be a baby boom. Where I sit, in my late thirties, kids growing up and no intentions to make more, that is a very good thing. For where there are babies, there are grateful parents for whom to knit. While no baby has expressed gratitude for their new handknits (save for the whole puking and pooping thing), there is nothing like a mother whose eyes light up at the sight of a perfect, tiny handknit.

Like a Baby Surprise Jacket, worked in sock scraps.

Or a pair of tiny, puff-sleeved dresses, for which Tess Designer Yarns Socks and Baby was the perfect yarn:

Trellis in Cascase 220 Superwash, with the divine faux-leather buttons:

It's almost enough to offset the fact that I can knit an adult-sized hat for daughter the elder, and not only will she wear it, she'll WORK it! Fierce!